Suzanne Rivecca

More like 4 1/2 stars. Some of the stories in this collection are really stellar, and I really like the way Rivecca writes.

More like 4 1/2 stars. Some of the stories in this collection are really stellar, and I really like the way Rivecca writes.

Good story collection, loosely organized around the theme of the desire to be believed, the urge to disclose vs. the wish not to have to disclose but be understood anyway. Some worked better than others, but a few were really affecting.

My friend Daniel and I did a joint review over at Like Fire.

Astonishing. One of the best new collections I have read in a long time. She is enormously talented and these stories are beautifully crafted, fresh, exciting and powerful. She is a young Mary Gaitskill giving us the lives of these damaged girls. As one reviewer said their innocence if stripped away even before they had any. She has these moments where she unpacks some idea or reaction by the character that are utterly painfully beautiful. So effing good.